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Some students were required to take three COVID-19 tests weekly.

Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others i...

CPS employees' kids can attend school four days a week, an option other parents want.

How dry is Chicago right now and how much rain is needed to bring totals back into the normal range? We compare 2021 precipitation data with...

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Two men were shot through a window Wednesday morning by someone they knew in the South Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.

The city of Chicago is loosening up its pandemic rules including increased capacity for indoor events at the United Center and elsewhere, wh...

A plan to convert the Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River into a 100-acre national park where bison would roam between Illinois...

An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday and is the second person to be charged in connection to a brutal February attack on a Chicago police...

A plan is gaining momentum to turn the current I-80 bridge over the Mississippi River into a first-of-its kind national park – a greenway wi...

A correctional officer was conducting a cell check when he observed what appeared to be blood on the inmate's jail togs. The inmate then res...

The CDC now says it's okay for vaccinated people to be maskless outdoors in most situations, and for the unvaccinated in some. How are Chica...

No one was injured Wednesday night when a group under surveillance by Chicago police opened fire on the officers on the South Side, promptin...

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

Perhaps the FBI discovered incriminating evidence against the Bidens beneath Giuliani’s laundry, Dahleen Glanton writes.

A plan to rename Lake Shore Drive to honor the Black man credited with founding Chicago is set for a key City Council vote Thursday, but it’...

CPS has relied on borrowing for many years and owed billions in debt in 2019.

State: Overcrowded nursing homes led to disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and brown residents

Gov. J.B. Pritzker makes his clean energy pitch, trying to balance union jobs and nuclear plants with the need to show he's keeping ComEd ac...

Federal investigators had the gall to execute a so-called search warrant on the New York City apartment of my hero and close personal friend...

The Elmhurst University campus in the western suburbs is on lockdown after reports of a gunman on campus Wednesday, the school announced.

Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.

A man has been charged in connection with a carjacking in an Aurora Wendy’s parking lot in January that left a woman severely injured after...

Yet another video showing a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a man during a foot chase has prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot and aldermen...

Summer camps will look a little different this year. Here's how parents and camp directors are preparing.